Combined foot-warmer and reflecting-lamp



MERWIN & METCALF. Combined Foot Warmer and Reflecting Lamp.

Patented Oct. 2, 1866.

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L. "0 m. Washington. a. c,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. MERWIN AND CHARLES A. METCALF, OF DUBUQUE, IOWA.

COMBINED FOOT-WARMER AND REFLECTlNG-LAMP.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,453, dated October2, 1866.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLEs S. MERWIN and CHARLEs A. METCALF, both ofDubuque, in the county of Dubuque and State of Iowa, have invented a newand Improved Combined Foot'Warmer and Reflectin g-Lantern and we dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinalvertical section of my invention, taken on the plane of the line a: m ofFig. 3. Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken on the plane of the line 3 9Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a top view.

The nature of our invention consists in so arranging the top plate, onwhich the feet rest, that the perforations in the inner plate will bealternate to those in the upper plate, whereby the plates will receivethe full effect of the heat and yet permit the same to escape forwarming purposes.

It also consists in the employment, in a footstove, of a reflector, incombination with a lamp, for throwing the light through an opening inthe base of the foot-stove, for the purpose of rendering the articlemore effective when used as a lantern. v

A designates the box of a foot-stove as well as the case of the lantern,and it may be of any shape suitable for both purposes. The top of thisbox consists of two plates of metal, a I), set at a short distanceapart; and both plates are perforated in such manner that theperforations in the plate a will be alternate to those in the plate I),so as to get the whole benefit of the heat before permitting it toescape from the device.

On a platform, B, arranged to slide in and out of the case A, there issecured a lamp, 0, for heating the plates at b and in front-of this aglass, d, is secured, which is directly in front of the door; and whenthe door is opened for the purpose of using the device as a lantern thelight penetrates through the glass plate.

A reflector, C, is arranged in the rear of the lamp, so as to throw thelight out through the doorway of the device, and by the employment ofthis reflector I produce a reflecting'lantern.

When it is desired to turn the lamp the platform B can be drawn out ofthe case A and the operation be performed, the lamp being detachablefrom the said platform for the purpose, and so arranged as to be held sothat it will not move out of place when the device is carried around asa lantern.

Oxygen is supplied 'to the light when the door is closed throughopenings in the sides of the case A.

By our invention we produce a foot-stove whose heating qualities areexcellent, and also a reflecting-lantern which, when the door is closed,may be used as a dark-lantern, and, when the door is open, as areflecting-lantern, capable of throwing quite an intense light in anyparticular direction.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

' 1. The employment, in a combined footstove and lantern, of areflector, C, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the glass plate d, the lamp 0, and reflector C,substantially as specified.

CHARLES S. MERWIN. CHARLES A. METCALF. Witnesses:

AUSTEN ADAMS, FRANK M. ROBINSON.

